Bill Bain

Scotland, United Kingdom

Deputy Editor at The Herald (Scotland)

The Herald, Deputy Editor, Special Projects. Also produce the Herald on Sunday.

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Articles

Discover there is no place like home with these incredible attractions in Scotland

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

STEP inside Scotland’s most iconic sculptures with The Kelpies Experience—a premium guided tour that takes you to the very heart of these 30-metre-high steel giants (Image: Ran Dembo) Welcome to the third article in our Discover Scotland series, where we round up some of the best things to enjoy across the country.
Clapped out Coatbridge men enjoy steamy Highland hedonism in hot tub haven Glen Clova

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

Cadam Lodge awaited our presence. One of our destination Glen Clova Hotel’s larger abodes, this spacious adult playhut was pleasingly minimalist and tasteful, albeit with drawers full of Gino D’Acampo kitchenware. Despite his vanishing act from TV, the cheeky chappie’s cultural omnipresence endures.
Scotland's national chef reveals the huge mistake we're all making when using garlic

Sep 18, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

Masterchef: The Professionals winner Gary McLean schooled the country’s future kitchen superstars on how to make the perfect risotto at a special event to promote quality cured Italian meats organised by the Italian Trade Agency in Glasgow this week (Image: .) AS Scotland’s national chef, Gary Maclean now spends much of his time travelling the world promoting produce from his home country’s bountiful natural larder – but yesterday he admitted to a gathering of catering students in Glasgow...
Scots are treated like stars on Celestyal’s heavenly Greek island cruise

Aug 18, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

It turns out hailing from Scotland floats the boat of crew members upon the majestic Celestyal Journey, as Bill Bain and his family discovered on an Idyllic Aegean voyage (Image: Celestyal) INSPIRED by a serpentine queue of Scottish religious devotees all waiting patiently on a flight to Lourdes, I also began praying to God for a miracle.
Shameful scenes as two grown men cowered in terror inside luxurious hideaway

Jun 23, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise ... as Bill Bain and his friend found out when paying a visit to majestic Highland retreat Eagle Brae (Image: Eagle Brae) AS a herd of nocturnal young bucks jutted and juked in the pitch dark outside, two clapped-out veterans of comparable male bonding ceremonies could be found cowering indoors.
Stuckgowan House: Reflections on Loch Lomond's most magical property

Mar 31, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

Stuckgowan House lies on the western shores of Loch Lomond, beside the villages of Tarbet and Arrochar. Set within 34 acres of wild Highland forest, there is much to explore right on the doorstep (Image: Stuckgowan) Time stops at Stuckgowan House. Not a moment passes in the nine boutique bedrooms. Or the cinema room. Or the gym. Or the bar. Or the dining room. Or the sitting room. The lounge. The drawing room. The other drawing room.
Musical genius Rufus Wainwright is still making Scotsmen reconsider their sexuality

Mar 12, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

‘RUFUS! You made me gay!’ It’s always a special event when Rufus Wainwright performs in Scotland. So it’s entirely understandable why the occasion proved overwhelming for one audience member at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday evening. Identifying a split second of opportunity between songs to address his idol in the flesh, the overzealous fan’s outburst was acknowledged by Wainwright with a smirk, raised eyebrow and coy shrug.
Donaldson Group is built to endure

Feb 13, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

Founded 160 years ago, The Donaldson Group has continued to thrive despite countless changes to the construction industry in Scotland. What began as a humble timber merchant in Tayport, Fife in 1860 has now grown into the UK's leading independent timber group, boasting 11 trading subsidiaries and 16 distinct brands.
A miracle in Fife as the hand of God guides a Burntisland claw machine

Aug 17, 2023 | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

Now famous due to a BBC documentary, The Bay Hotel boasts panoramic sea views and family friendly hospitality (Image: Bay Hotel) ALTHOUGH he would have been aware of Palea Kameni, Greece’s famed “Burnt Island”, Aristotle certainly never visited its namesake in Fife. Nor did he ever play an amusement arcade claw machine. Ask any historian, they’ll tell you the same.
High jinks at down-to-earth Laird's magnificent Ayrshire estate

Jul 31, 2023 | heraldscotland.com | Bill Bain

HE may have inherited a sprawling 600-acre estate complete with 13th century castle and a picturesque lochan, but all that is lofty about Simon Houison is his ambition to attract more visitors to his magnificent grounds in East Ayrshire. Although his family have often been described as ‘the thread that runs through the tartan’ of Scottish history, the 29th Laird of Craufurdland is affiably down to earth – casually turning any crude stereotypes concerning the country’s gentry on their head.